The center doesn’t hold here
On the decline of New York, a sketch at Chronicles Magazine from before the pandemic.
New York
Recollections of 9/11
I watched the Towers burn on 9/11 from where I lived, three miles away. At Chronicles Magazine I comment on how it seemed and how it seems.
New York’s new normal
What happens when the big city shuts down? I discuss at Chronicles Magazine.
Is New York still a city?
A lecture I presented at the 2018 meeting of the H. L. Mencken Club:
Is New York Still a City?
by James Kalb
We’re here at the conference to talk about whether America is still a nation. On this panel we’re discussing the limits of democratic pluralism. So I’ll discuss whether New York is a … More ...
Worse at what it is
I complain about the direction New York City has been taking in Chronicles Magazine.